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Chinese media company Tencent has made a new studio acquisition, buying the parent company of Back 4 Blood developer Turtle Rock, and increasing its massive hold on the gaming industry.
Activision Blizzard has released the company’s employment representation report for the first time ever. They cite current numbers, outline goals for change, and COO Daniel Alegre notes they have a lot of work to do.
The Valheim team is closing out 2021 with the last dev blog of the year. Work continues on the Mistlands and Mountains, and the team also had some surprises for everyone.
SoulWorker is celebrating December with bonuses all month long and special Christmas and New Year’s events with rewards, bonuses, and a new dungeon task.
Amazon is planning downtime later today to start New World server merges affecting hundreds of servers across all regions.
Final Fantasy XIV is currently dealing with the pains of the success of the recent release of Endwalker, but there is still time for a winter event for all players. If you are an existing player and able to log in to the game, it’s now time for the Starlight Celebration.
Mortal Online 2 now lets you go fishing and have more fun in the water with the swimming overhauls. The latest update for the beta adds fishing, a new district, a new dungeon boss, and lots of changes and additions to support swimming.
MapleStory gets a new boss, the Guardian Angel Slime, the continuation of the Burning World, events and more to mark "On Air Pt. 2: An Absolute Unit. Also available with this update is GeForce Now support, which expands access, including letting MapleStory be played on Mac.
Swords of Legends Online’s update is here to usher in the winter events as well as set up the game for the arrival of the next hard raid, Sparkwood Gardens, at the end of the month.
Albion Online is celebrating Yule, with Uncle Frost returning. This weekend, however, land resets will happen and Invasion Day will commence.